I dug my comic books out. 

Hey Tim. This looks like something you would have written. Did you write for these guys? LOL.

Bakster

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littletimmy Believe it or not, I actuall y WANT THAT !

Oh my gosh... Too funny.

 "I have seen the picture of Little Timmy in that costume" .....

" I am NOT amused" !

littletimmy

 "I have seen the picture of Little Timmy in that costume" ..... " I am NOT amused" !

Bakster

Hey Tim. This looks like something you would have written. Did you write for these guys? LOL.

The Graphics are cool.... but Little Timmy's "HACK" writing ruin's the whole Comic for me !

littletimmy

The Graphics are cool.... but Little Timmy's "HACK" writing ruin's the whole Comic for me !

Bakster

You better watch it, man. They may cut out your brain!

So then , they slipped me a "Mickey" and the next thing I remembered was trying to figure this thing out....

littletimmy

 

 

LonCray

I wonder why it's always mad scientists? Why not mildly angry scientists?

English is a strange language, doubly so for its native speakers.

"Mad Scientists" are mad like "Hatters" are "mad."

In the olden days of haberdashery, quicksilver (e.g. mercury) alloys of inexact proportion to work felt for hats.  Mercury toxicity then produced mental abberations which were collected under the single category "mad."

OED tells us "mad" comes from Old English from Germani "gemäd" (ghe MAYD).  The connotation of "mad" as angry reflects the split between British and American English useage.  Although popular culture references have passed the mad = angry connotation back to Blighty.  There's at least one refernce that avers that the "mad as angry" gets its origin from forms of "temporary insanity," which may have been manic episodes of bipolar disorder.

But, English is complicated that way.  Try explaining "Throw the rough bough through enough into the rouge slough" to an non-English speaker.

CapnMac82

 

 

LonCray

I wonder why it's always mad scientists? Why not mildly angry scientists?

 

 

English is a strange language, doubly so for its native speakers.

"Mad Scientists" are mad like "Hatters" are "mad."

In the olden days of haberdashery, quicksilver (e.g. mercury) alloys of inexact proportion to work felt for hats.  Mercury toxicity then produced mental abberations which were collected under the single category "mad."

OED tells us "mad" comes from Old English from Germani "gemäd" (ghe MAYD).  The connotation of "mad" as angry reflects the split between British and American English useage.  Although popular culture references have passed the mad = angry connotation back to Blighty.  There's at least one refernce that avers that the "mad as angry" gets its origin from forms of "temporary insanity," which may have been manic episodes of bipolar disorder.

But, English is complicated that way.  Try explaining "Throw the rough bough through enough into the rouge slough" to an non-English speaker.

 

Here is another issue:

Looking through these, a long-lost memory resurfaced. As far as comics go, and the stories therein, these kind of sucked. There were a few issues that are not too bad, but in general... pretty weak. In fact--they had a section in each comic where they published people's letters. One guy slammed the writing. Seeing that letter is what made me remember. But--at the time, it was still a treat to read.

Check out the ad and the prices. I found an ad in one of the earlier issues that was selling the apes models for $2.50ea, and I think $.98 for shipping. Oh... the good old days.

Bakster

I am thoroughly convinced that Timmy and I will be laying on the ground, mortally wounded, buried in ape debree, whilst Capn travels on to the next train depot.

Speak for yourself .....

( I have a Band-aid in my wallet ..... I'll be fine...)

CapnMac82

But, English is complicated that way.  Try explaining "Throw the rough bough through enough into the rouge slough" to an non-English speaker.

It get's even worse, when you get a computer involved.

EXAMPLE: try searching the word Wind, as in wind the clock. Your computer will search Wind , and give you ...

Wind: The perceptable natural movement of the air .   The wind howled about the building.

Now, Combine BOTH in the same sentence.... and my computer will have "Seizure's" trying to figure out   what to do !   

( Don't even get me started about .....How to live at a live concert....)

English is MADDENING !  ( see where I went with that .... it's Madness ! )

littletimmy

Speak for yourself ..... ( I have a Band-aid in my wallet ..... I'll be fine...)

Okay, then. It's just me in the ditch covered with ape rubble. You will be with Capn traveling to the next depot. Works for me. I will wave to the both of you.

Oh no, I will still be in the "Debris with you..... I just won't be mortaly wounded.

Band-aid's fix everything . "Help's boo- boo's heal fast ".

This is from 1967 ( Pre - movie promo ? )

I'll bet the gume is Stale, and hard as a rock.

EDIT : Look's like Ape's like Stale gum !

littletimmy

Band-aid's fix everything . "Help's boo- boo's heal fast ". 

True story: A week ago from this coming Sunday I did something stupid, as opposed to my normal stupid. I was messing around with some PE using my grinder. In a blink of an eye, the PE wrapped around the grinding bit, not before making a bloody mess of my hands. The cuts were pretty bad. So, I used CA to glue things up. It worked. Of course, 4 strategicly placed band-aids were used as well.

littletimmy

This is from 1967 ( Pre - movie promo ? )

I'll bet the gume is Stale, and hard as a rock.

 

Hey, Baxter... you think the Capn will come back for us ???

No ???

OK ....?

Can you ask Gamera over there if he has any gum?

littletimmy

 Hey, Baxter... you think the Capn will come back for us ???

Can you ask Gamera over there if he has any gum?

 

Hey Gamera....Timmy wants to know if you have any gum?

Hey Tim, did you ever see the movie Creepshow? All this nostalgia has me in the mood to watch that DVD tonight. I am going to, it's a classic. You should stop over. Heck..you can even bring your bulbous headed, bug eyed alien friends. Just make sure to tell them not to look at me. I won't give them the chance to play their mind control tricks on me. Just saying. Everyone else is welcome to stop by too.

Bakster

The cuts were pretty bad. So, I used CA to glue things up. It worked.

CA was originally meant to be a medical adhesive, for brain and neurologial surgeries where poking a needle & thread through the structures in question would be deliterious.

The original "Krazy Glue" was the straight-up medical formulation.

Please note, the modern iterations of "instant" glues have some additives which are not medically benign.  Nothing nefarious, just the glue makers responding to the hoi polli, who, unlike modelers, do not have the expereience and knowledge associated with how specific adhesives work with different materials. 

The general public just wants their busted stuff to stick back together, preferably before they are distracted from their 30 second popcorn.  The fact that they want the "crazy glue" to instantly stick a ceramic cup wrapped in wool yarn to a balsa stick does nto matter.  If it don't stick, the glue is to blames, and never will that glue be bought again.  Bad for business when selling glue.

Medically speaking, modeler's CA is probably better than store bought Locktite or Gorilla.

Bakster

He might come back. But something tells me if he does, dudes with white coats carrying straight jackets will be with him.

Sigh.  Of course I'd have to come back--I'm supposed to go through days on end of being aroun cretinous clown-college flunk-outs without you lot providing levity and absurdity?

Now, mind, I;m old, cranky, and don't like having my routines interrupted unless I choose to so do.  So, "irritations" might not get the most nuanced repsonse.  Heavy and thorough  preliminary preperatory fires, then a rolling barrage(s) of cluster submunitions to lead in bunch of fit, agie, fire-breathing 20 y/o fitted out with 'every terrible implement of the soldier' directed to act until all hostiles are reduced or capitulated is a bit closer to my present style, should I be irritated enough.  I'm not much of one for monkey business--unless the monkeys are really polite.

Bakster

In the midst of chaos, you stay the course of sanity. Animated apes, exploding aliens, unhinged Spock, and you post a lesson in word usage. The train is exploding from impact, but you ride through it like it doesn't exist.

Third gneration military.  Inculcated with the adage of "keeping one's head while all around are losing theirs."  Military history a common family table topic.  Also great literature, language and communication.  And a significant appreciation of the absurd. (Wars and rumors of wars being an ultimate expression of aburdities.)

Allow me to point out Henry V, Act 3, the Siege at Harfleur.  Specifically, Scene II:

FLUELLEN	Captain Jamy is a marvellous falourous gentleman,
	that is certain; and of great expedition and	75
	knowledge in th' aunchient wars, upon my particular
	knowledge of his directions: by Cheshu, he will
	maintain his argument as well as any military man in
	the world, in the disciplines of the pristine wars
	of the Romans.	80

Dear Captain Jamy, busy sapping the walls of Harfleur while being counter-mined, yet can spare time for the excitable Cornish Fluellen who would discorse on the Punic Wars.

Now, there is a long tradition among military officers, that their collegiate education  was about equally split between Letters and Sciences.  A mix of engineering, sciences, the technical equally  with History, Literature, political science.  Bunk in a compartment with a dude with a BS in History from VMI and see if any rubs off.  Or a Citadel grad with a BA in English Lit.

Capn, I only understand part of all that but... a few things I picked up on:

1. Your steady mind is in part linked with your training and/or upbringing.

2. Using modelers glue to fix my gaps may have poisoned me, but maybe not as much as other brands may have. That's a plus!

3. Yes you would come back for us, for humor sake. 

I tell you what. If the cuts were to the bone, I'd have gone for stitches. They were deep, but not that deep. In two areas, probably not far from it. The glue sure did stop the bleeders. The alternative would have been a very long process of babysitting them. I looked at the wounds today and they healed really well. 

I gained a new respect in the use of that tool. I was a bit too nonchalant in its use. Two weeks earlier I had another mishap when the tool slipped and I again cut myself. That one could have been much worse because I had the rotary saw in it. That thing cuts through plastic like it's butter. Imagine the same with flesh. It is a serious tool, not to be taken lightly. I need to treat it as such. Henceforth, I shall.

Bakster

 

 

littletimmy

 Hey, Baxter... you think the Capn will come back for us ???

Can you ask Gamera over there if he has any gum?

 

 

 

 

He might come back. But something tells me if he does, dudes with white coats carrying straight jackets will be with him.

 

Hey Gamera....Timmy wants to know if you have any gum?

 

Sorry no gum...

I had some strawberries but I ate them...

Strawberries are like turtle crack......

Bakster: Hope your hand is on the mend. Sounds like a pretty scary accident. Honest to gosh I've gotten to the point I've had so much stuff flying and shooting around I reach for my protective googles when doing almost anything anymore.

Well, not say making a sandwich but it's getting close.

CaptnMac: I used to get cranky. Now I'm more of the roll my eyes, mutter 'whatever' under my breath and wander away type.

Gamera

Strawberries are like turtle crack......

                                    L O L !

We have a few different Turtle species here. But some of the "other" wildlife would be just as happy, .... Chomping your leg !

The Ghila Monster can be VERY aggressive. I actually had one CHASE ME !!!

Then , of course theres the Diamond back's ...

But, who would ever suspect, that a Toad could be poisonous...

WE have Dozen's of these thing's wandering around our place, from July through November. Their venom come's from Gland's on the back of their head's , and can kill a Dog / cat that's stupid enough to chew on it !

Gamera

Well, not say making a sandwich but it's getting close.

Laughing, because I can totally relate.

Yeah, it was a wake up call. It happened so fast, and holy cats, I couldn't have imagined that outcome. I knew that I was taking a risk by holding the piece without pliers. It was one of those, oh, how bad could it be if it does go sideways. Wow! I sure found out! That PE frame crumpled up into a big ball of spinning blades. It lashed at both of my hands. I found pieces of the PE not only wrapped around the bit, but a big piece of it was crumpled several feet away on the basement floor. It lopped off a piece of skin on one of my knuckles, and it made numerous cuts on my fingers, some deep, some less so. It was unreal the damage that it did.

I posted this story for everyone reading it to please be careful. I was careless, you don't have to be.

The good news is that it's healing really well. There might be scars but hey, at my age, I have no intentions of being a hand model. 

Well, we do have snapping turtles. And lots of poison snakes.

Glad to hear you weren't hurt worse. I'd never think of a PE fret being turned into a big pointy rip saw of death but as sharp as they are I'm not surprised.

Gamera

Well, we do have snapping turtles.